At General Motors (GM), Shyr was deeply involved in brand character management and product strategies of the company, where he penned such designs as the original first-gen Buick LaCrosse in 2005, Cadillac SLS in 2007 and second-gen Buick LaCrosse in 2010, among various other brands and models within GM.
He would later oversee the key styling element of the signature “double sweep spear” body side that every Buick still follows to date, and laid the foundation for the second-gen GL8, also known as the “executive carrier” in China.
He became the longest serving Director of Design at Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC) of General Motors China based in Shanghai.
Shyr’s directorship influenced all GM vehicles from 2002 to 2011 model years mainly in China, although some were for North America, and other parts of the world, with a total of more than 10 million cars on the road today.
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